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Show Collin Allan gets rare trophy on hunt An experience that some sports lovers would give thousands thou-sands of dollars to be able to have for themselves was gained by Collin Allan of Mapleton last week. It all began when Mr. Allan who is an ardent sportsman, was fortunate in drawing a permit to hunt big horn sheep in the rugged unit between the Fry Canyon and the Colorado River. The area is accessible only by four wheel drive and by foot. Checking out for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Mr. Allan Al-lan tO'.ik with him Tom James of Mapleton and the two motored mo-tored to the hunting area in the Heidt-Blanding country. The nature of the hunt is such that special instruction is provided by the Fish and Game Department particularly since the law requires hunters to kill only those rams seven years or older. This is when the ram reaches the declining productivity pro-ductivity period and since the hunt is a trophy hunting sport, the regulation is set by the commission. Rams however, live to be much older. On the hunt the duo spotted spot-ted a herd of seven rams. Mr. Allan pointed out that the rams are usually seen together at this time of year and the females travel in herds by themselves. After missing the biggest ram of the herd, the next largest ram posed on a picturesque cliff apparently to survey the situation and from 150 yards it took two shots with a 270 rifle to bring the ram down. The final shot was made only after a tedious trailing of the herd over the most difficult, rocky terrain, Mr. Allan reported. The thrill of bagging the trophy was apparent as the successful hunter retold his story. He reported he was the tenth hunter to bag the big horn sheep in the legal hunting history of the animals and is the only one thus far this year to have killed one on a hunt. The animal weighed in at 165 pounds field dressed and was between 10 and 11 years old. It was the largest in weight of any killed thus far. On the Boone and Crockett international interna-tional scoring system it rated 158. The minimum is 155 points so it wili thus be entered in the official record book. Only one permit is allowed an individual in-dividual in a lifetime and thus iot only is the big horn sheep next to the Jaguar in being the hardest animal to hunt, but it is a once-in-a-life time opportu-ity. opportu-ity. There are less than 100 rams killed in the United States in a year, Mr. Allan reported re-ported and these animals are hunted only in Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico. r " '. - . , j - " i ' ' ! 1 ( , t V'1 1 i '- ' ' i. . r ' i ' v' W ' ( I " ' , - " I . . - - . . ' ' V BAKE KILL Collin Allan, right, proudly displays his smile of satisfaction for having successfully hunted the next to most difficult diffi-cult hunting animal, the desert bighorn sheep, Tom James, a companion, also of Mapleton, assisted in the rugged country hunt. It was a trophy hunt and proved to be just that as the animal's head will be mounted to remind the hunters of the once-in-a-lifetime experience on the desert hunt. |